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Student Loans and Financial Aid Questions

Total questions: 1861

Can student loans cover off-campus housing?
Popularity: 277

If you have little or no credit history can you get a student loan without a co-signer?
Popularity: 236

What is a Stafford Loan?
Popularity: 234

How do you get a student loan without a co-signer?
Popularity: 232

Should you use extra student loan money to pay off credit cards?
Popularity: 232

Can you apply for federal student loans if you are already in school?
Popularity: 225

What was the cut off date to file a student loan on a bankruptcy?
Popularity: 220

What is a Parent PLUS Loan?
Popularity: 220

Will bankruptcy remove your student loans?
Popularity: 220

What is a Perkins Loan?
Popularity: 216

What is the difference between unsubsidized and subsidized student loans?
Popularity: 213

How long before outstanding student loans are forgiven?
Popularity: 212

When do you have to start paying back your student loans?
Popularity: 206

How do you find out if your Perkins loan has been paid off?
Popularity: 201

Can student loans be used to take lessons to earn a private pilot's license?
Popularity: 200

Can student loans be used for things such as an apartment or a car if it is necessary to complete the education?
Popularity: 199

How can you have your consolidated student loan forgiven if you are a teacher in a low income area?
Popularity: 194

If several loans are in default how can one find out who holds the loans and is there a phone number to call?
Popularity: 194

Can co-signing a car loan affect your chance to get a student loan?
Popularity: 193

Do student loans show up on your credit report?
Popularity: 193

Are there income limitations for Stafford Loans?
Popularity: 190

Is the remaining balance forgiven after 25 years of payments under the income contingent repayment plan?
Popularity: 190

Can you consolidate if you only have one student loan?
Popularity: 189

Is it possible to get a student loan in your mid-twenties?
Popularity: 189

Can you get a student loan for a BTEC National Diploma Course?
Popularity: 187

How can you pay off your student loan if you live overseas?
Popularity: 187

How can you protect yourself from wage garnishment for a student loan already paid off?
Popularity: 186

How do you get a student loan to pay for off campus living?
Popularity: 184

If you have frightening credit can you still qualify for a student loan?
Popularity: 184

Is it possible to re-finance a consolidated student loan to get a better interest rate?
Popularity: 180

Will a deferred student loan on your credit report significantly lower your FICA score?
Popularity: 180

Can student loans or grants help pay bills other than school expenses?
Popularity: 178

If you recently became free of all debts but used to have bad credit can you apply for a private student loan without a cosigner?
Popularity: 177

Can you continue receiving a student loan if you are retaking your final year?
Popularity: 177

Can you remove a co-borrower from your student loan after you become eligible to sign the loan yourself?
Popularity: 176

What is the maximum percentage allowed for a wage garnishment in Indiana?
Popularity: 175

Can a bankruptcy be opened to include a student loan if the loan wasn't in default at that time?
Popularity: 175

Where can your granddaughter apply for a low interest student loans?
Popularity: 173

If you cosign a student loan for someone does it show up on your credit report?
Popularity: 172

Can a car that you own be repossessed for college loan payments that you owe?
Popularity: 171

Why can't a Perkins Loan be collected through administrative wage withholding?
Popularity: 171

Are there certain jobs or occupations in which you do not have to pay back a student loan?
Popularity: 169

How long does it take for a loan to go through once you've applied and been accepted?
Popularity: 169

Is it possible for a person under 18 to get a loan for school without a co-signer?
Popularity: 169

If you consolidated your student loans at a high interest rate can you take out new student loans at a lower rate to pay off the old loan?
Popularity: 168

If you are at your max limit is there a way to still receive student loans?
Popularity: 168

How you get student loans or financial aid if you are dependent on your parents but will not receive financial assistance from them?
Popularity: 166

Can you avoid Administrative Wage Garnishment and all other collection trouble if you do not pay your student loan and go live in another country?
Popularity: 166

If your pay is being garnished for student loans what can you do to lower the monthly amount and stop garnishment after a few months?
Popularity: 165

What is the interest rate on the subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford loans?
Popularity: 163

Is it possible for a retired family member to be a cosigner on a student loan?
Popularity: 163

If you cancel a student loan and still owe less than 200 dollars will this prevent you from receiving a grant that you qualify for?
Popularity: 163

How do you get a ten thousand dollar student loan with no cosigner?
Popularity: 162

How will a deferred student loan affect your credit?
Popularity: 161

There is a maximum amount you can get in student loans but is the maximum amount per loan institution or per student?
Popularity: 160

How do you get a loan for off-campus housing?
Popularity: 156

Can your college loans be used to purchase a car?
Popularity: 155

Will an auto repossession affect your chances of getting a loan for graduate school?
Popularity: 155

Are there student loans with a grace period of 6 months after graduation to begin paying them back?
Popularity: 155

Is there anyway to get a loan when you have no credit worthy co-borrower and you haven't had a job for enough time to establish credit?
Popularity: 154

Can you still get a student loan if you are in default on another loan and you just filed bankruptcy?
Popularity: 154

Can you receive a student loan for off campus housing that does not have to be payed back until you are out of school?
Popularity: 153

Is it possible to get a student loan if you are under 18 with a cosigner and if so where?
Popularity: 150

Can you apply for a loan if you have taken the courses already and have no money to pay?
Popularity: 149

Can you get a Perkins Loan when you are studying at an overseas university?
Popularity: 146

Is there a way to increase the amount of your student loans to cover the cost of getting a computer for school?
Popularity: 146

What makes you 'dependent' or 'independent' in the eyes of the lenders and how long does it take to be recognized as independent?
Popularity: 145

What can you do if school refuses to release student loan funds due to doctors instruction to stop attending classes due to high risk pregnancy?
Popularity: 145

If you transfer schools what happens to the other part of your student loan?
Popularity: 144

Can one take capital for student loans that will not be needed until next year and put them in a 1-yr CD or money market account?
Popularity: 136



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